Guideline concordance of electronic health record order sets for hospital-based treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) in hospitals is inconsistent. Electronic health record (EHR) order sets protocolize care.

Objective

We examined variation in AWS order sets across hospital organizations and their concordance with AWS guidelines.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study of hospital organization user-created EHR order sets for AWS extracted from the December 2021 Epic® userweb community library. Hospital organizations with an acute care hospital and ≥ 1 AWS order set were included. We measured the proportion of guideline-concordant care practices within four categories: (1) laboratory assessment, (2) risk assessment for severe AWS and associated management changes, (3) symptom assessment and treatment of AWS, and identificat

SUBMITTER: Cohen SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12276874 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature